Dr. D. Ziebarth, PhD, MSN-Ed, RN-BCNursing Department Chair Herzing UniversityBrookfield and Kenosha Campuses555 So. Executive Dr. Brookfield, WI. 53005dziebarth@herzing.eduOffice: 262-649-1710 Ext. 61647Fax: 414-212-3117Cell: 414-315-5456 I recently attended the American Public Health Association Conference in Atlanta. This is a major international conference with thousands in attendance. I submitted a poster that was accepted to be presented along with others…literally hundreds of other posters. The research poster showcases the analysis of faith community nurses (FCN) documentation. The purpose of the study is to describe transitional care as implemented by faith community nurses (FCNs) using a standardized nursing language, Nursing Intervention Classification (NIC). A NIC Class contains a standardized group of intervention representing various nursing activities. Two years’ worth of data was collected and translated into NIC. This work dwarfs the mega international studies that are here. But the study is important to the specialty of Faith Community Nursing and stands on its own merits. The description of transitional care as implemented by FCNs provide additional insight into what interventions are most implemented during transitional care. You cannot not test it (transitional care as provided by FCN) until you can describe and name it. The study’s results shows that the most frequent Classes of NIC performed by FCNs while caring for transitional patients are Coping Assistance, Communication Enhancement, Patient Education, Information Management, Health System Mediation, Physical Comfort Promotion, Lifespan Care, Behavioral Therapy, Activity and Exercise Management, Cognitive Therapy, Tissue Perfusion Management, Childrearing Care, Self-Care Facilitation, Drug Management, Nutrition Support, and Community Health Promotion. The three Classes containing the most frequently reported interventions were Coping Assistance, Communication Enhancement, and Patient Education. When compared to what is considered to be priority or best practice transitional care interventions, FCNs provided the same interventions. In addition FCNs provided emotional and spiritual support interventions. This is important for several reasons:· Patients may seek out healthcare providers that include emotional and spiritual support interventions.· Supporting the patient’s spiritual needs may help them to cope better with their illnesses, changes, and losses in life.· Providing emotional and spiritual support interventions may reduce readmission.· Transitional care interventions rendered by a FCN may elicit an adaptive response of attaining or maintaining wholistic health. Wholistic health is defined​ as “…the human experience of optimal harmony, balance and function of the interconnected and interdependent unity of the spiritual, physical, mental, and social dimensions” (Ziebarth, 2016, p. 1818).​ In summary, FCNs providing transitional care may help patients cope better with illnesses, reduce readmission, and maintain or improve wholistic health. The poster may not draw the attention of national public health leaders, but in the world of Faith Community Nursing, this work is one small step towards describing our unique practice.​Reference:Ziebarth, D. J. (2016). Wholistic health care: Evolutionary conceptual analysis.​ Journal of Religion and Health, 55(5), 1800-1823. DOI 10.1007/s10943-016-0199-6